The 55-inch Vizio M-Series for $450? That’s among the best deals of the year.
Sure, Sam’s Club is a great place to go when you need a vast bag of Doritos, a six-pack of khakis and a John Grisham novel. But when Black Friday comes along, it also serves up some worthy deals on TVs, laptops and a bunch of other devices — some of which may rank among the better deals of 2018.
Like at Costco, you need to be a member to take advantage of Sam’s Club’s deals. (Technically, nonmembers can still buy stuff, but they’ll pay an extra 10 percent.) An annual membership costs between $45 and $100.
In terms of inventory, Sam’s Club offers a pretty conventional mix of clothing, housewares, furniture and electronics. Its Black Friday offering for 2018 is strongest in the TV and laptop categories.
Notably, Sam’s Club will sell (online only) the 55-inch Vizio M-Series 4K TV, highlighted below, for $450 starting on the morning of Thanksgiving. It’s also bucking the venerable Black Friday trend of clearing out older PCs and laptops with aging processors — most of Sam’s Club’s deals on PCs feature contemporary machines running Intel’s newer eighth-generation CPUs.
Sam’s Club stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day — but Black Friday deals will launch at SamsClub.com starting at 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov. 22. Doors will reopen at 7 a.m. local time on Friday, Nov. 23.
As always, remember the caveats:
